P.J. Proby: I'm Still The Greatest
Keith Altham, NME, 16 July 1965
LOOKING rather like a refugee from a Biblical nightmare, P.J. Proby with beard and shoulder-length hair loped down the corridor from Top Of The Pops studio in a blue shirt, green corduroys, black buckle shoes and whirling something which looked suspiciously like a skipping rope.
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